My travels throughout western Canada are about risk. As I venture down roads full of unexpected twists, I am forever reminded that the stuff of chance is full of rewards.
Every crossroads, it seems, contains laughter, hardship, snowstorms, car trouble, ripe tomatoes, politics, apprehension, expectation, reason and surprise. There are empty chasms and vessels bursting at the seams. There is song and there is silence. Each season is filled with variety - springtime cherries soaring red with temptation, fall time apples warmly rooted, awaiting winter.
My method of photographing has one goal: to stop in its tracks the unrepeatable moment in time. To seek such a thing is often chaotic, for every moment in time contains within it, millions upon millions of images. Within those, there are millions upon millions of options. Oftentimes, I act as a filter, using the narrow rectangular framework of the camera to take in and leave out experiences.
Photography gives purpose to my observations of people, animals and places. Honoring chance as a reoccurring fact, time itself becomes a tightly bundled representation of possibility.
These photographs are only a few of many that are either on film or still out there in the infinite. I hope I have done justice to those you see stopped in their tracks. I'd like to think that my job was to show that fleeting glimpses of history never repeat.
j.k.d.2000
The images contained in this portfolio span over a period beginning in 1989 when I first discovered the magic of prairie light and the commaraderie of men playing ice hockey on a home-made rink. Since then, my love of photography has lured me over thousands of miles, and through countless seasons. I hope you enjoy this collection of images as much as I continue to enjoy creating them.